Improvement in carpet-lining packages



J. M.- COBB & H. F. EVANS.

CARPET-LININ'G PACKAGES.

Patented Sept. 25. 1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JUDD M. COBB, OF BELOIT, WISCONSIN, AND HORACE F. EVANS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARPET-LINING PACKAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195,575, dated September 25, 1877; application filed August 28, 1876.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JUDD M. COBB, of Beloit, in the county of Rock and State of Wisconsin, and HORACE F. EVANS, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carpet-Lining Packages, which is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the package or roll, with a portion of one end broken away; Fig. 2, a similar view of the interior cylinder; Fig. 3, an end view of the same, with a portion of the outer covering broken away; and Fig. 4, a longitudinal section of a portion of the interior cylinder.

The object of our invention is to utilize the open space in the interior of a roll of carpetlining, so as to combine in one package a roll of moth-proof carpet-lining and a small package of moth-preventive compound.

The invention consists in the combination, with a roll of paper carpet-lining, of a cylindrical paper tube filled with a moth-preventive compound-placed in the open space in the interior of the roll, and secured to the latter by a fastening-strip attached to each.

In the drawings, A represents a roll of paper carpet-lining. This may be of any kind, adapted for this purpose but we prefer a moth-proof carpet lining, made from cedar sawdust pulp, as described in Letters Patent No. 174,484, issued March 7, 1876.

This paper carpetlining is always put up for the market in rolls, and in rolling up the paper there will always be asmall vacant space left in the interior of the roll. A paper tube, B, is made of a proper size to fit this vacant space in the center of the rolls. It should be a little shorter than the roll of carpet lining, however, so as to afl'ord an opportunity to fasten it in the latter to prevent its dropping out in transportation.

This tube is filled with any moth-preventive compound, 0. We use, preferably, a mixture of finely-ground cedar wood and pulverized oamphor, which forms the subjectmatter of an application for a patent by one of us. This tube B is made of paper-board,

so as to be sufficiently strong for the purpose intended. One end is closed, however, with a thinner paper, so that it may be readily broken away to open the package for the purpose of using the contents.

If desired, the end of the tube which is to be opened may be provided with a perforated cap or cover, D, upon the outside of which the end-closing paper E is placed and pasted to the tube. When the latter is torn 0d the finely-pulverized material within the tube may be readily and evenly scattered upon the carpet, or anywhere else desired, through the holes in the closing cap D. The tube B is fastened to the roll A by means of a slip of paper, F, which is secured to one end of the tube in any suitable manner, so as to project therefrom a short distance.

When the tube is inserted in the roll the free end of this paper strip F is pasted to the inside of the roll, as shown. in Fig. 1 of the drawings. If desired, the end of the strip F may be extended outside of the roll, and pasted to the end of the latter.

We have described the tube as made of paper; but it is evident that any other suitable material may be used, if desired, paper, however, being preferable on account of its lightness and cheapness.

It will be seen that, by this invention, a moth-preventive always accompanies a roll of carpet-lining without perceptibly increasing the expense of the latter, while, at the same time, the size and external appearance of the package-roll is not changed in the least, the

- addition of the tube only occupying, and thus utilizing, the waste space in the center of the roll.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The roll A, in combination with the interior tube B, filled as described, and a fasteningstrip secured to both the roll and tube, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JUDD M. COBB. HORACE F. EVANS. Witnesses:

L. M. HARRIS, E. S. LLOYD. 

